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patriciahiggins1
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Digitally Marketing 'Space for the Spirit'
I haven’t experienced a learning curve so steep since arriving home from hospital with twins. Engaging fully with digital marketing has...
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patriciahiggins1
Dec 21, 20234 min read
Going 'Home' for Christmas
Heading home for Christmas is a strong tradition in this of the world. Heading home, taking time in the places we are from, connecting...
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patriciahiggins1
Dec 21, 20233 min read
Whispers of Hope this Advent...
A candle for Gaza ‘Still so sad for the children in Gaza.’ This is what one participant replied, when invited to say how they were at the...
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patriciahiggins1
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Advent Walk: big skies, a little silence, and a chance to escape the 'to dos'
Inishowen Head, at the Northeast corner of Donegal, where Lough Foyle, having pinched itself in a few miles further south, widens out...
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patriciahiggins1
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Advent '23 - Making Space for Peace
What can peace mean this Christmas in the face of the devastating wars in Europe and the Middle East? Local Interfaith Minister Patricia...
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patriciahiggins1
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Rewilding Church:
Creating spaces to nurture faith Online talk given in June 2023 to Association of Catholics in Ireland in advance of Catholic church's...
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patriciahiggins1
Sep 5, 20232 min read
'Walking Away' - thoughts as kids go back to school
'Saying what God alone could perfectly show – How selfhood begins with a walking away, And love is proved in the letting go.' These lines...
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patriciahiggins1
Aug 18, 20231 min read
Hospice Hand Printing - A Blessing
Blessing included as part of presentation to first European Grief Conference, Copenhagen, Sep 2022 I was recently asked by a friend, if I...
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patriciahiggins1
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Female face of God
My youngest was gutted. Big fat tears rolled down his flushed 4 year old cheeks. He had dressed himself and was wearing a blue and white...
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patriciahiggins1
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Leap of Faith on RTE
Delighted to have been a guest with Siobhan Garrigan, on her Leap of Faith show on RTE. Listen back to the interview here (from 58 secs)
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patriciahiggins1
Mar 25, 20221 min read
On Daffodil Day - A prayer for those starting cancer treatment
I wrote this prayer recently for a friend on the first day of her radiotherapy treatment. On Daffodil Day sharing it for anyone else on a...
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patriciahiggins1
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Kintsugi - Piecing things back together
Published in Irish Hospice Foundation's Grief Journal, 2022, as part of Compassionate Culture Network Programme The Japanese art of...
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patriciahiggins1
Mar 10, 20223 min read
Prayer of a bystander
It’s 39 years ago today (March 10th) since my younger brother died. 39 years since my mother’s prayer that he would at least live until...
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patriciahiggins1
Feb 8, 20225 min read
The Dark Womb - God and Reproductive Loss
The Dark Womb - God and Reproductive Loss What ‘in the name of God’ can you say to someone who has had a miscarriage? Can you honestly...
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patriciahiggins1
Jan 21, 20225 min read
Listening to Claire Byrne - Declining Priest Numbers, Meat Loaf Memories and Asking Hard Questions
Today with Claire Byrne had a piece this morning, Friday 21st Jan, on the decline in numbers of priests in the Catholic Church in Ireland...
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patriciahiggins1
Dec 14, 20213 min read
Running up to Christmas
Since having kids, Christmas can sometime feel like an organisational marathon. Sort Santa lists, sort family gifts, sort a plan for...
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patriciahiggins1
Oct 23, 20214 min read
Re-Wilding Weddings... and maybe Re-Wilding Church...
I led my first wedding reception recently, outside n the wildly beautiful grounds of Killyon Manor, in County Westmeath Photo courtesy of...
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patriciahiggins1
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Taking the plunge: Moving to Inishowen
As someone seeking to offer ceremonies for life’s big moments, I recently moved from Dublin to Donegal and in terms of scenery, the new...
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patriciahiggins1
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Dogs, God and Wedding Fairs
I went to my first wedding fair as an Interfaith Minister. Fresh from the simplicity of a wedding in a re-wilded venue, I guess it was...
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